# Basic documentation question

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-documentation-question/61021>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 20, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-documentation-question/61021 "2016-09-20T13:58:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Jparish4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Jparish4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jparish4)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-documentation-question/61021/1 "2016-09-20T13:58:05Z")

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i have have been going through the docs but cannot get through the basic step that indexes the sample file from this page: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/\_exploring\_your\_data.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/_exploring_your_data.html)

I get the error below. Im not sure if the file is not in the correct directory or if the content cannot be read (appears to be the issue). Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks

```auto
curl -XPOST 'localhost:9200/bank/account/_bulk?pretty' --data-binary "@accounts.json"

```

```auto
Warning: Couldn't read data from file "accounts.json", this makes an empty
Warning: POST.
{
  "error" : {
    "root_cause" : [ {
      "type" : "parse_exception",
      "reason" : "Failed to derive xcontent"
    } ],
    "type" : "parse_exception",
    "reason" : "Failed to derive xcontent"
  },
  "status" : 400
}

```

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**Author:** ![nik9000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nik9000/32/44947_2.png) [@nik9000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nik9000)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-documentation-question/61021/2 "2016-09-20T14:14:18Z")

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Yeah, it looks like `accounts.json` isn't in the current working directory, that is what is the trouble.

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**Author:** ![alexbrasetvik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alexbrasetvik/32/15538_2.png) [@alexbrasetvik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexbrasetvik)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-documentation-question/61021/3 "2016-09-20T14:20:05Z")

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Moving to Elasticsearch as this isn't a Cloud-specific question.

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**Author:** ![Jparish4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Jparish4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jparish4)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-documentation-question/61021/4 "2016-09-20T14:23:49Z")

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thanks i tried locating the file in various locations....which is the working directory? the latest location tried was /../.../Documents/elasticsearch-2.4.0

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**Author:** ![Jparish4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Jparish4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jparish4)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-documentation-question/61021/5 "2016-09-20T14:24:40Z")

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right....first time here...should i re-post elsewhere?

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**Author:** ![alexbrasetvik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alexbrasetvik/32/15538_2.png) [@alexbrasetvik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexbrasetvik)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-documentation-question/61021/6 "2016-09-20T14:25:05Z")

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No worries, I've moved the question already. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Jparish4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Jparish4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jparish4)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-documentation-question/61021/7 "2016-09-20T14:26:30Z")

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thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-documentation-question/61021/8 "2016-09-23T14:27:04Z")

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